Policing Football Costs

Tony Devenish: Will you begin a cross-Party campaign to press football clubs to pay more for Policing? Appreciating that these clubs are seemingly hiding behind their lawyers and a lengthy JR process to avoid paying their fair share when the public are crying out for more front line Police? MQ2019/9105

The Mayor: The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) invoice London football clubs to the full extent of the costs it is able to recover.Police are only able to recover costs from an event organiser when (a) the special policing services has been requested by the organiser and (b) the policing took place on land that was owned, leased or in the control of the organiser.
I have repeatedly pressed the Government to change the legislation so that the police can recover a fairer share of the costs involved in policing football matches from the clubs themselves. Unfortunately, the Government continues to duck the issue, meaning higher costs for policing and ultimately for taxpayers. I would welcome the support of Assembly Members as I continue to press the Government to change this unacceptable state of affairs.

Community Assessors (4)

David Kurten: What criteria is being used to select and appoint Community Assessors?

The Mayor: Community Assessor applicants all undergo an assessment process consisting of four stages:
An offer is made once all of the above stages have been completed and passed.

Carbon offsetting in transport (1)

Florence Eshalomi: Will you or TfL be responding to thecall for evidencefrom the Department for Transport onCarbon offsetting in transport?

The Mayor: Transport for London (TfL) has responded to the call for evidence on behalf of the GLA.

Electric vehicle charging infrastructure guidance

Caroline Russell: Your Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Taskforce Delivery Plan says that you will publish guidance on charge point installation for both the public and private sectors in 2019-20. Could you give a more specific timeframe for this urgently needed guidance?

The Mayor: Transport for London has committed to revising its previous guidance (originally produced in 2010) on the implementation of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. This will build on the recent update of the EV charging section of the TfL Streetscape Guidance, revised in March 2019.
The review of the previous guidance and the scope and content of the updated guidance has been informed by a number of stakeholder engagement events. The draft guidance will be shared with boroughs and key stakeholders by early 2020 prior to publication.

Wrightbus in administration (2)

Caroline Pidgeon: The world’s first hydrogen powered double deck buses are due to start running in London next year but were to be built by Wrightbus. What steps will TfL take to ensure that these ground-breaking buses are still built?

The Mayor: There have been encouraging developments in Northern Ireland with Bamford Bus Company acquiring Wrightbus and taking on 60 staff retained by the administrator Deloitte’s. Transport for London is looking to discuss with the company what this means for hydrogen fuel-cell buses at the earliest opportunity as well as to understand its wider plans for the London market.

Hate Crime (1)

David Kurten: How many of the 19,000 hate crimes flagged in 2018 were downgraded to non-crime hate incidents?

The Mayor: This is not a possible outcome of the crime recording process. All the approximate 19,000 Hate Crimes are ‘classified and confirmed’ offences, meaning that a supervisor has confirmed that an offence has occurred. If, post confirmation and during the investigation, additional verifiable information comes to light which confirms that an offence had not in fact taken place, then the crime record will become a ‘Removed Crime’ (sometimes called ‘No Crime’). It is not possible to make it a Crime Related Incident, i.e. a non-crime hate inciden

Hate Crime (2)

David Kurten: What is the breakdown of the 19,000 hate crimes flagged in 2018 according to the type of crime (i.e. homicide, assault, arson, public order offences, shoplifting, violent crimes against the person, non-violent crimes against the person, etc.)?

The Mayor: Please see attached the requested data for the period specified.

Police use of 'domestic extremism' terminology

Siân Berry: When will the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) cease using the term 'domestic extremism', both directly and through their work on Prevent?

The Mayor: The use of terms on operational matters should be determined by the police. However, my Deputy Mayor for Police and Crime continues to exercise my oversight role of the Met, and I can inform you that the Met are currently reviewing its terminology. Collaborating with several stakeholders they are working to identify new terminology which would include several sub-categories. This would mean that there would no longer be an equivalent umbrella term, with the breadth of scope as previously incorporated under ‘domestic extremism’.
Whilst the Met are actively trying to move away from using the term “Domestic Extremism”, the legacy challenges must be recognised and at present, the term is still embedded across law enforcement and beyond (including the Security Services). A position that will remain until the Met can conclude current work to agree on new terminology.
It is worth noting that the term ‘domestic extremism’ is not citied in Prevent legislation or the Prevent Duty.

Putney Low Emission Bus Zone

Leonie Cooper: The Putney High Street Low Emission Bus Zone was launched by you in March 2017. Can you please set out how many breaches of the EU limits took place in 2017, 2018 and so far in 2019, as my constituents would like a full update.

The Mayor: Since the introduction of the Putney High Street Low Emission Zone there have been significant improvements in concentrations of NO2 for both the hourly and annual mean.
In 2016, before improvements on the route began there were 403 exceedances of the hourly limit for NO2. In 2017, once the Low Emission Bus Zone was introduced this fell to nine. In 2018 there was insufficient data capture (less than 90 per cent) at the site due to technical issue which resulted in the site being offline for the majority of January and February. In 2019 to date (29 October) there has been good data capture and only 1 hour that exceeded the hourly limit.

Police officer costs

Susan Hall: What is the expected 2019/20 average cost of a full time police officer, and for a police constable, please give the expected average 2019/20 annual cost of the following:
• Basic Pay
• Pension
• ERNIC
• Accommodation Allowance
• London Weighting
• London Allowance
• Unsocial Hours Payment
• Uniforms

The Mayor: Please see the table below in answer to your question:
Average officer
Average PC
£
£
Basic pay
37,864
34,456
Pension
12,502
11,446
ERNIC
6,343
5,841
Accommodation Allowance
3,714
3,545
London Weighting
2,468
2,468
London Allowance
1,011
1,011
Unsocial hours
906
843
On-cost per officer for training, equipment, kit
5,700
5,700
Total
70,508
65,310
Along with the direct costs relating to the payment of personnel, there are also associated on-costs per officer which include training, equipment and kit. These have been included within the table above.

The Arrest of Pastor Oluwole Ilesanmi (1)

David Kurten: To ask the Mayor what was the outcome of the investigation conducted by MPS Enfield’s Professional Standards Unit into the arrest of Christian street preacher Oluwole Ilesanmi outside Southgate Underground Station on 23 February 2019?

The Mayor: Two officers were investigated by the Local Professional Standards Unit to determine if they had breached the code of conduct. The investigation found that the arrest was lawful and following a misconduct hearing and subsequent mitigation, no further action was taken.

Police funding settlement

Andrew Dismore: What details has the government provided about their promised extra 20,000 police officers across the country, and in particular what will be provided to the Met?

The Mayor: I am deeply concerned about the continuing uncertainty which remains over the funding of these new officers. The Government’s recent announcement has set a recruitment target of 1,369 in 2020/21 for the MPS, far below the number of officers we need, but has still failed to provide details of the specific funding from the £750 million they announced.
There is even less certainty in future years. While the £750 million announced in the Spending Round is welcomed, the Government have given no indication of whether this is one-off or long-term funding. This is not good enough. The Met cannot plan effectively for the future without funding certainty and this impacts their ability to deliver the best police service possible.

Online hate crimes

Unmesh Desai: Please could you provide a breakdown of the number of recorded online hate crimes, year on year, since 2014?

The Mayor: Please see attached the requested data for the period specified. Please note that the data in this report only goes back to March 2016 as that is when the online feature code was implemented.